Harry Woods (actor)

Harry Woods (actor)
Harry Lewis Woods (May 5, 1889 – December 28, 1968) was an American film actor.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Woods was a millinery salesman prior to becoming an actor. He appeared in nearly 250 films between 1923 and 1958. During his 35-year film career he acquired a reputation as a screen villain par excellence; his imposing size, powerful build, piercing eyes and snarling voice typed him as a bad guy to be reckoned with. He seldom played ordinary henchmen, usually cast as both the brains (the banker or saloon owner who secretly runs the bandit gang terrorizing the area) and the brawn behind the local villainy. He was well respected by his peers. Another prime screen villain, Roy Barcroft, once said of him, "Everything I know about being a bad guy I learned from Harry Woods." He enjoyed a long career in films before retiring in 1958, and he died in Los Angeles ten years later from uremia.
Personal life
His son, Harry Lewis Woods, Jr., followed in his footsteps and acted in the 1940s and 1950s as Craig Woods.
Selected filmography
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923) - A Knight
The Steel Trail (1923) - Morris Blake
Battlin' Buckaroo (1924) - Buck Carson
The Fast Express (1924) - Tom Boyd
Wolves of the North (1924, Serial) - Bob Hunter
Dynamite Dan (1924) - Brute Lacy
Ten Scars Make a Man (1924) - Buck Simpson
A Cafe in Cairo (1924) - Kali
The Bandit's Baby (1925) - Matt Hartigan
Fighting Courage (1925) - (uncredited)
A Man Four-Square (1926) - Ben Taylor
A Trip to Chinatown (1926) - Norman Blood
30 Below Zero (1926) - Cavender
A Regular Scout (1926) - Scar Stevens
Cyclone of the Range (1927) - The Black Rider / Don Alvarado
Splitting the Breeze (1927) - Dave Matlock
Silver Comes Through (1927) - Stanton
Tom's Gang (1927) - Bart Haywood
Jesse James (1927) - Bob Ford
When the Law Rides (1928) - The Raven
Red Riders of Canada (1928) - Monsieur Le Busard
The Sunset Legion (1928) - Honest John
The Viking (1928) - Egil
Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928) - Ivan Petrovitch
The Candy Kid (1928)
Gun Law (1929) - Bull Driscoll
The Desert Rider (1929) - Williams
China Bound (1929) - Officer
The Phantom Rider (1929) - Calhound Hardy
Neath Western Skies (1929) - Jim Canfield
The Lone Rider (1930) - Ed Farrell
Pardon My Gun (1930) - Cooper
Men Without Law (1930) - Murdock
West of Cheyenne (1931) - Kurt Raymer, aka The Laramie Kid
The Texas Ranger (1931) - Matt Taylor
In Old Cheyenne (1931)
I Like Your Nerve (1931) - Cellano - Assassin (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1931) - Briggs
Palmy Days (1931) - Yolando's Henchman
The Range Feud (1931) - Vandall
Law and Order (1932) - Walt Northrup
Sky Devils (1932) - Military Policeman (uncredited)
Night World (1932) - Gang Leader (uncredited)
Two Seconds (1932) - Executioner (uncredited)
Radio Patrol (1932) - Kloskey
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Haunted Gold (1932) - Joe Ryan
My Weakness (1933) - Gordoni (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) - George Lyons (uncredited)
From Headquarters (1933) - Mullins - Police Guard (uncredited)
The World Changes (1933) - Sam (uncredited)
Hoop-La (1933) - Side Show Troublemaker (uncredited)
Shadows of Sing Sing (1933) - Al Rossi
Caravan (1934) - Romeo (uncredited)
Devil Tiger (1934) - Ramseye Doyle
Wonder Bar (1934) - First Detective (uncredited)
The Crosby Case (1934) - Detective Logan (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime (1934) - Detective with Inspector (uncredited)
School for Girls (1934) - Detective
I Believed in You (1934) - State Trooper (uncredited)
The Scarlet Empress (1934) - Doctor #1 (uncredited)
The Circus Clown (1934) - Ajax
Belle of the Nineties (1934) - Slade
The St. Louis Kid (1934) - Louie Munn
The President Vanishes (1934) - James Kramer
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935, Serial) - 'Rocky'
When a Man's a Man (1935) - Nick Gambert
The Call of the Savage (1935, Serial) - Borno
Let 'Em Have It (1935) - Big Bill
Silk Hat Kid (1935) - Salesman (uncredited)
Dante's Inferno (1935) - Reynolds - Second Officer (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935, Serial) - Crawford
Call of the Wild (1935) - Soapy Smith (uncredited)
Heir to Trouble (1935) - Honest John Motley
Stormy (1935) - Mack - Red Wing's Owner (uncredited)
Remember Last Night? (1935) - Station Agent (uncredited)
Ship Cafe (1935) - Donovan (uncredited)
Gallant Defender (1935) - Barr Munro
Lawless Riders (1935) - Bart
Rose of the Rancho (1936) - Bull Bangle
It Had to Happen (1936) - Workman (uncredited)
The Lawless Nineties (1936) - Charles K. Plummer
The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) - Pete
Silly Billies (1936) - Hank Bewley
Heroes of the Range (1936) - Bull Lamton
Human Cargo (1936) - Ira Conklin
The Last Outlaw (1936) - Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
Ticket to Paradise (1936) - John Dawson
The Phantom Rider (1936, Serial) - Harvey Delaney
The Unknown Ranger (1936) - Vance Rand
The Plainsman (1936) - Quartermaster Sergeant
Conflict (1936) - 'Ruffhouse' Kelly
Criminal Lawyer (1937) - Police Inspector Burke (uncredited)
Outcast (1937) - Grant - Head Lyncher
Land Beyond the Law (1937) - Tascosa
I Promise to Pay (1937) - Henchman Fats
Reckless Ranger (1937) - Barlowe
Border Cafe (1937) - Ranger Bert (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid (1937) - Government Man (uncredited)
Range Defenders (1937) - John Harvey
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) - Capt. Demisoff (uncredited)
The Singing Marine (1937) - First Marine Sergeant
Big City (1937) - Detective Miller (uncredited)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Officer (uncredited)
Stand-In (1937) - Studio Employee (uncredited)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) - Racetrack Guard (uncredited)
Courage of the West (1937) - Al Wilkins, aka Jed Newman
The Singing Outlaw (1937) - Leonard Cueball Qualey
Wells Fargo (1937) - Timekeeper (uncredited)
The Buccaneer (1938) - American Sergeant (uncredited)
The Spy Ring (1938) - Capt. Holden
Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) - J. P. M'Tigue
Rolling Caravans (1938) - Thad Dalton
Joy of Living (1938) - Cop (uncredited)
Stagecoach Days (1938) - Moose Ringo
Panamint's Bad Man (1938) - Craven
Men with Wings (1938) - Baker (uncredited)
The Texans (1938) - Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
Block-Heads (1938) - Belligerent Neighbor (uncredited)
Crime Takes a Holiday (1938) - Stoddard
In Early Arizona (1938) - Bull
Come On, Rangers (1938) - Morgan Burke
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938) - Harper
The Arizona Wildcat (1939) - Ross Harper
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) - Grant
Union Pacific (1939) - Al Brett
Blue Montana Skies (1939) - Jim Hendricks
In Old Caliente (1939) - Curly Calkins
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) - First Officer
Beau Geste (1939) - Renoir
Frontier Marshal (1939) - Curly Bill's Henchman (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James (1939) - Captain Worthington
West of Carson City (1940) - Mack Gorman
The House of the Seven Gables (1940) - Mr. Wainwright (uncredited)
Boss of Bullion City (1940) - Sheriff Jeff Salters
Isle of Destiny (1940) - Capt. Lawson
Dark Command (1940) - Man in Fight with Seton (uncredited)
Bullet Code (1940) - Cass Barton
Winners of the West (1940, Serial) - King Carter
South of Pago Pago (1940) - Black Mike Rafferty
The Ranger and the Lady (1940) - Kincaid
Triple Justice (1940) - Deputy Al Reeves
The Long Voyage Home (1940) - Amindra First Mate (uncredited)
Meet the Missus (1940) - Elmer Shillingford
Petticoat Politics (1941) - Guy Markwell
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) - Assessor Mitch Harrigan (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) - Shotgun Cassidy
Last of the Duanes (1941) - Sheriff Red Morgan
Today I Hang (1942) - Henry Courtney
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Bixby - First Train Robber (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Mace
The Spoilers (1942) - Disgruntled Miner (uncredited)
Romance on the Range (1942) - Steve
Down Texas Way (1942) - Bert Logan
Jackass Mail (1942) - Ranch Owner to Hang Baggot (uncredited)
Riders of the West (1942) - Duke Mason
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942) - Sergeant Idaho
West of the Law (1942) - Jim Rand
The Forest Rangers (1942) - Lumberman (uncredited)
Dawn on the Great Divide (1942) - Jim Corkle
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) - Kurt (uncredited)
The Ghost Rider (1943) - Lash Edwards
Cheyenne Roundup (1943) - Blackie Dawson
Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943) - Marshal Dave Strickland
The Masked Marvel (1943, Serial) - Lab Thug (uncredited)
Beyond the Last Frontier (1943) - Big Bill Hadley
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943) - Ben Crowley
In Old Oklahoma (1943) - Al Dalton (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) - Mongol Guard (uncredited)
Westward Bound (1944) - Roger Caldwell
Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944) - Lon Curtiss
The Impostor (1944) - Guard (uncredited)
Slightly Terrific (1944) - Gypsy King (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Bixby's Depth-Caller (uncredited)
Call of the Rockies (1944) - J. B. Murdock
Silver City Kid (1944) - Judge Sam H. Ballard
Tall in the Saddle (1944) - George Clews
Can't Help Singing (1944) - Gunman Disliking Prying (uncredited)
Nevada (1944) - Joe Powell
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945) - Guerd Eliott
Flame of the West (1945) - Wilson
Radio Stars on Parade (1945) - Rudy Campbell (uncredited)
West of the Pecos (1945) - Brad Sawtelle
South of Monterey (1946) - Bennet
Sunset Pass (1946) - Cinnabar
My Darling Clementine (1946) - Luke (uncredited)
Trail Street (1947) - Larkin Larkin
Code of the West (1947) - Marshal Nate Hatfield
Thunder Mountain (1947) - Trimble Carson
Wyoming (1947) - Ben Jackson
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Wrong Mr. Follinsbee (uncredited)
Black Gold (1947) - Smuggler (uncredited)
Desire Me (1947) - Joseph (scenes deleted)
The Fabulous Texan (1947) - State Policeman (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa (1947) - Jay Olmstead
Road to Rio (1947) - Ship's Purser
Tycoon (1947) - Holden
Western Heritage (1948) - Arnold posing as Powell
Silver River (1948) - Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion (1948) - Lang
A Southern Yankee (1948) - Dentist (uncredited)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Guard (uncredited)
Indian Agent (1948) - Carter
One Sunday Afternoon (1948) - Matt Hughes - Policeman (uncredited)
South of St. Louis (1949) - Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Hellfire (1949) - Lew Stoner
Colorado Territory (1949) - Pluthner
The Fountainhead (1949) - Quarry Superintendent (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) - Karl Rynders (uncredited)
Masked Raiders (1949) - Marshal Barlow
Samson and Delilah (1949) - Gammad (uncredited)
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) - Soap Factory Mechanic (uncredited)
Backfire (1950) - Dick Manning - Man from Detroit (uncredited)
Let's Dance (1950) - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Short Grass (1950) - Sam Dreen
Law of the Badlands (1951) - Burt Conroy
Best of the Badmen (1951) - Cherokee Springs Trading Post Proprietor (uncredited)
Lone Star (1952) - George Dellman
Rancho Notorious (1952) - Marshal McDonald (uncredited)
Ride the Man Down (1952) - Henchman (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost (1954) - Deputy Lud (uncredited)
The Last Command (1955) - Irate Texan in Cantina (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments (1956) - Officer (uncredited)
The Restless Breed (1957) - Frank Baker (uncredited)
Gunsmoke TV Series (1957) - Episode "Who Lives By The Sword" as Snyder
The Sheepman (1958) - Cattle Rancher in Restaurant (uncredited)
Bat Masterson TV Series (1959) - Episode "Lady Luck" as Mr. Morgan
Bat Masterson TV Series (1961) - Episode "Run For Your Money" as Doc R.W. Fleming
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1889 births
1968 deaths
American male film actors
Male actors from Cleveland
20th-century American male actors
Male Western (genre) film actors